T.J.C. Williams & F. McKinsey, HISTORY OF FREDERICK COUNTY, p.860 (1910), record that George's father "Michael Byers [sic] was a cooper and farmer, and spent his whole life near Westminster.... Michael Byers was married to Elizabeth Dutrow, of Emmitsburg District. Their children are: ... 6, George, [who] moved to the West where he married and died...."